We’re very pleased to announce the latest CD release from Hypnos, Let the Stars Assume the Whole of Night. It’s the first release on Hypnos by Caul. As with our last few new releases, we’re going to offer a special reduced price for the first week of release. This CD will end up selling for our usual $12.99, but we’re offering a special “week one” deal through Friday April 6, only through the Hypnos Online Store.

Follow the links below to get Let the Stars Assume the Whole of Night by Caul for $8.99.

Caul has released an array of incredible dark, cinematic ambient music, but much of it has been self-released in small quantities, so many listeners who might potentially enjoy his work might be unfamiliar with it. His collaboration with Numina, Inside the Hollow Realm, did receive a fair bit of attention five or six years ago, but Caul has mostly flown under the radar. As I mentioned, most of his work has been self-released, often in elegant, artisanal hand-made packaging. See his Discogs Page for more information about his work, or his own site at caul.org/.

Let the Stars Assume the Whole of Night is a wonderful mix of sounds and atmospheres:dark without being spooky, melodic but not pretty, listenable, but too nervous and somber to ever become predictable. These pieces are more composed and structured than most ambient music, more akin to the soundtrack for some dark and moody piece of cinema. Imagine the score to an undiscovered work by David Lynch or Andrei Tarkovsky and you have the idea. Listen to the sound clips below and decide for yourself.

I'd like to agree with the Numinster that it is indeed a really a neat album. Overall a concise, nicely flowing bit of, I don't know what you'd call this, Goth-Chamber music? At any rate I'd agree that it's slightly dark without being overly moody or sinister. This album even at its edgiest, isn't really dark as it is just cool, like the Highlander, wandering the lonely dark streets at night- cool. It's accessible enough that I e-mailed Echoes and John D. as this deserves some national airplay- I think it's worthy of one of their top cd's of April.

As good as this album is, Brett Smith has just released a new soundtrack album for a film called "From Inside"... and it is incredible (and a great "Part II" to this Hypnos release). Dark moody soundtrack-y soundscapes. I don't know where to direct you folks to take a listen and pick up a copy. Hopefully Brett will post about it here. It is housed in a digipak and printed on a proper CD. Fantastic stuff.

I also have the distinct pleasure to announce that Brett and I have started on a new Caul/Numina collab. This is our first collaborative work since "Inside the Hollow Realm". It's in the very early stages, but we've both swapped initial tracks. I am excited about working on this. More on this soon...

As good as this album is, Brett Smith has just released a new soundtrack album for a film called "From Inside"... and it is incredible (and a great "Part II" to this Hypnos release). Dark moody soundtrack-y soundscapes. I don't know where to direct you folks to take a listen and pick up a copy. Hopefully Brett will post about it here. It is housed in a digipak and printed on a proper CD. Fantastic stuff.

I also have the distinct pleasure to announce that Brett and I have started on a new Caul/Numina collab. This is our first collaborative work since "Inside the Hollow Realm". It's in the very early stages, but we've both swapped initial tracks. I am excited about working on this. More on this soon...

Numina

I'm looking forward to this one!

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